Book Review: Allegiant by Veronica Roth

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. 

But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love. 

Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.

Genre: YA, dysopian

Cover Love: so pretty! Love the orange, and the swirling water in the middle!

Overview:

This was the last book in the Divergent series, so I won't be able to say much for those who haven't read the first two books, but, as it was with Hunger Games, I wasn't really impressed as everyone else was. But I loved Divergent, the first book, the best. I love the factions, but this whole series was about trying to break away from them. Insurgent was a great read as well, and Allegiant was too. I loved learning new things about the world, and I'm sad the world is now over. But there are movies coming, so yay! Tris was always annoying to me, and my mom agreed with me on that, having Four's POV in this book didn't help, I'm no good at boy POV's and this author was the same, the only books with good boy POV's are by boy authors. lol. But Four was still an ok character, I liked him better when he was told from Tris's POV, and that was all. I liked the other characters a lot, especially Caleb and Christina! and I'm going to miss all of them! VRoth has a thing where she names all the characters when they only appear once, so I was always confused on who was who most of the time. But all in all still a good read!

Romance:

Tris and Four are together, so there's kissing, and hugging, and all the nonsense about them fighting. There's one scene where they both lose their shirts, but that's it. (totally a skipable part) The whole romance in his book was basically them fighting with each other. lol

Language:

The words didn't start to come out until closer to the end, and none of the main characters said them, only the characters surrounding them said them, so I liked that. Clean to the end those two.

Violence:

There's shooting and guns constantly. Blood, people going into a coma, breaking things. Tris doesn't like to use guns, but she's forced to use them to stay alive. So lots of shooting, and guns the most. Nothing too gross, or graphic. 

Religion:

No one in the factions knew about God, not really, so when *SPOILER* They're all outside the factions, and they're wondering why this would all happen, and those things, that's when the God element comes in. No one says anything bad about it, or anything like that. The thought is just there.


This book wasn't bad. The most emotional crippling ending ever. (not so much for me, but I still get upset thinking about it now, *sobs*) so I warn all of you of it, if you ever decide to read this series.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5!

-Louisa